HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19820322MARCH 22, 1982
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on
Monday, March 22, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange
County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Commissioners present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted, and Commissioners
Norm Gustaveson, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit.
Board Comments
The Manager added budget amendments to the agenda while Commissioners
Willhoit, Whitted and Gustaveson added consideration of the moratorium on
subdivisions, correction of the Minutes of October 26, 1981, and discussion
of Green Boxes, respectively.
There were no comments from the audience on matters either on or not
on the printed agenda.
C. Minutes
Commissioner Marshall moved, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, to approve
the Minutes of January 4, 1982, as submitted. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
Commissioner Gustaveson moved to correct the approved Minutes of October
26, 1981, with regard to Article I, Sec. 2 of the Orange County Personnel Policy
amended on that date as follows:
Sec. 2. Coverage.
This policy will cover all permanent, full-time and probationary employees,
except as speeifieaIIy exempted. The county attorneys, members. of the
Board oY Commissioners, and members of advisory and special boards and
commissions will be exempted, except in sections where specifically
The following employees are exempt from the policy, except in the
instances cited below:
employees of the North Carolina Agricultural Service,
except that they will be subject to Article III, Section 3;
employees governed by rules of the State Competitive
Service System, except that they will be subject to Article
'III, Sections 1-3 and 5-16. Employees of the drange County
Health Department (with the exception of the Director)
shall also be subject to Articles X and Xl, provided,
harever, no permanent employee of the Orange County
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5 the spa~eiYie requiremants contained in Article 8 of Chapter
126 (G.B. Sections 126-34-42) of the North Carolina General
6 Statutes. The County Manager shall report to the Board of
Health all grievances involving Orange County TIealth
7 Department emloyees that reach his office.
8• (e) the executive secretary of the County Board of Elections,
' except that this employee will be subject to Articles II-VII;
9 Article VIII, Sections 1-5 and 8; Article X, Sections 3, 6, 7,
ll, and 16; and Articles XII-XIII; and
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id) part-time and/or temporary employees designated by the
11. County Board of Commissioners, except .that they will be
subject to Article I, Sections 3, 4, and $; Article II,
lp• Sections 2, 3, and 6; Article III, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 20, 88,
and 32; Article IY, Sections 8 and 5; Article VIII, Sections
13• 1-6 and 8; Article X, Sections 1~ sind 8-15; and Articles XI-
XVI.
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(Amended October 28, 1981)
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1 $• Commissioner Whitted seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
19. p• Public Hearings
20. 1. Revenue Sharing: Mr_ Wallace Harding, Finance Officer, summarized
21, the County's 1982-83 Revenue Sharing for the Board.
22• Ms. Barbara Page asked if the funds were to be-spent for Health programs
in schools. Mr. Harding said the funds were allocated to Health in general
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not to school health programs specifically.
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There were no other comments on Revenue Sharing for 1982-83.
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2. Continuation of March 8, 1982, Public HearincL to receive evidence
26. on the General Aviation Airport Need and Policy. All persons were sworn.
27• Mr. Logan Irvin, Planning Board Member, read a letter from Planning Board
28• Chair, Pat Crawford, who was unable to attend this meeting. Ms. Crawford said
~9• the Planning Board had requested the general aviation site study and had instructed
30• that it be general in nature, not specifically related to the Midway Airport.
31• Her letter added that the-study was a superficial look at needs; not an in-
32• depth analysis due to lark of time. She thinks the section on needs should be
33• considered in that manner, that it is not in-depth study. Additionally, she
34. feels the pressure to close the Horace Williams Airport contributed to the need
35• to find an alternative airport.
36. Mr. Logan Irvin: continued speaking,th.is time for himself. Mr. Irvin feels
37. that in looking for sites for an airport that a central location among the cities
38• which would use such an airport should a prime consideration. He added that
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5. industry and within about 10-12 miles of UNC. Mr. Irvin feels that serious
6. thought should be given to financial arrangements for any airport. He feels
7. that the backing should be sound in order to prevent collapse of any new air-
8. port and to prevent leaving UNC without an airport.
9. Mr. Lee Mehler read for the record a letter from a regional representative
10. of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (that letter is on pages of
11. this book). Mr. Mehler feels that there are some deficiencies in the airport
12. study. He stated that he would frame his comments specifically to Midway Air-
13. port because of his familiarity with that site. Mr. Mehler then addressed the
1!}. study: page 22, item g--he questions whether or not there are thirty-four
15. structures; structure is not defined;
16. page 24, item j--soil suitability, he questions whether or not this is
17. a "major factor" or "properly defined." He says it is a "cost factor" for
18. construction and it is a considerabhe cost factor. He feels this cost will limit
19. future development of the area. Airport approval fora septic system has been re-
20. ceived::page 24, item k--
21. ~ page 24, item k--impact on agricultural activity, Mr. Mehler feels this
22. kind of impact by the Midway Airport would be mimimal.because of the noise impacts
23. and restrictions that Midway has.
24. Commissioner Willhoit asked Mr. Mehler the basis for his speculation on
25. the noise impact; Mr. Mehler replied the "information supplied by Mr. Bruce
26. Matthews." Mr. Mehler further continued in response to Commissioner Willhoit
27. that it was noise over a twenty-four hour period. Mr. Mehler continued his com-
28. ment: the site is barren, surrounded by a buffer of woods; he feels that at this
29. noise level impact on animal breeding activity will be nil.
30. page 37, # 3--Mr. Mehler asked what the definition-of "slight" increase
31, in the County. tax rate was. He said, due to the ongoing nature of maintenance
32. at the airport he would doubt whether the increase would be slight, but he had
33. no idea what it would be.
34. Chairman Whitted read for the record a letter he had received from Mr.
35. John Temple, representing the University of North Carolina's position with
36. regard to Section IX of the Study. (Item 4 under Consideration #2 and Item
37. 2 under Consideration #3.) (See page of this book for that letter.)
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!}. Mr. Mehler. asked to add one more thought. regarding the Airport study. He
5. feels that the needs of Orange County and specifically, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough,
6. should be given more consideration than Durham's Airport needs.
7• There were no further citizens who wished to speak at this public hearing.
8• Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, to adjourn
9. this public hearing until April 20, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the Commissioners'
10. Room, to receive .the-Planning Board's recommendation on the rezoning requests,
11. Special Use Permit request and Land Use Amendment requests taken to public hearing
12. on March 8, 1982. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0.
1 3• E. Reports
1!1• 1. Industrial & Economic Development: Dr. Ed Bergman's graduate students
15. presented the results of a semester long study on the Orange County economic
lb. situation. Students summarizing the report for the Board of Commissioners were:
17. Jane Buckwalter, Paul R. Greene, John A. Haak, Lynne C. Hollyer, and Julie B.V.
1 8. McCullough. Students will present a final report to the Board on May 3rd.
19. Chairman Whitted thanked the students and Dr. Bergman for their report.
2D. Following a short recess, the Board resumed the meeting with all members
21. present.
22. 2. Energy Commission: Mr. Rob Addelson, Energy Coordinator, and Mr. John
23. Bernard, Chair of the Energy Commission, reported to the Board of Commissioners
214.. on the resin-fs of the weatherization program undertaken by the Energy Commiss ion
25. at the Board's request.
26• F. ITEMS FOR DECISION BY BOARD
27• 1. Resolution Establishing Just Compensation, .CD program: Gommissioner
2~• Gustaveson moved, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit, to adopt the Resolution
29. Establishing Just Compensation for Parcels 57, 111, and 110 for $4,000.00,
30. $100.00 and $550.00, respectively. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0.
31• 2. Topographic mapping award, CD program: Commissioner Gustaveson moved,
32. seconded by Commissioner Marshall, to award the contract for the topographic
33• mapping of the proposed park area in the Northern Fairview Redevelopment Pro-
3f~. gram to Piedmont Aerial Survey. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0.
35. 3. Space Allocation--Northside: Mr. Roman Kolodji, architect, presented
36, architectural drawings for the Board's consideration. The County Manager pre-
37. sented proposed space allocation for existing agencies; part of this presentation
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4. includes a six hundred feet addition to the main bu ilding at Northside for
5. use by the Community School for People Under Six.
6. Commissioner Walker; moved approval of the plan for space allocation as
7. presented .this evening; Commissioner Gustaveson seconded the motion. Vote:
$. byes, 5; noes, 0.
9. 4. .Board of Equalisation and Review Chair: Commissioner Willhoit moved
10, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, to appoint Mr. John McKee Chair of the
11. Board of Equalization and Review. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0.
12. 5. Audit Contract: Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner
13, Whitted, to award the audit contract for the County to Touche Ross, for Fiscal
14, 1981-82. Vote: ayes, 4 (Commissioners Marshall, Walker, Whitted and Willhoit);
15, noes, 1 (Commissioner Gustaveson).
16. 7. Budget Amendment: Commissioner Walker moved, seconded by Commissioner
17, Gustaveson, to approve the budget amendment (see page of this book) allow-
18, ing for continuation of enemploy~nt insurance. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
19. 8. Subdivision moratorium: Commissioner Willhoit moved to lift the
20. moratorium on develo~xment in the University Lake and Upper Eno Watersheds for
21. those subdivisions where the smallest parcel is at least five acres. Commissioner
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Whitted seconded-the .motion. Vote: Ayes,5; noes, 0.
9. Green Boxes: Commissioner Gustaveson asked that during the Clean Up
Litter campaign green box sites in the County be given special consideration for
clean up.
6. Executive session:Commissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall, to convene in executive session for legal and property matters. Vote:
ayes, 5; noes, 0.
The Board of Commissioners then convened in executive session for the purpose
stated above.
Richard E. Whitted, Chair
Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk